Revista de Estudos da Linguagem

53-111

Authors: Maria Cândida Drumond Mendes Barros

The aim of this paper is to juxtapose the theme of missionaryliteracy with a theoretical discussion of the attribute of autonomywith reference to literacy. By missionary literacy we mean thealphabetic typographic writing system created by missionaries aspart of the evangelical process of biblical translation. In particular,this study focuses on those cases of missionary literacy based onlinguistics, for which the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) is ofspecial significance.In so far as the debate on autonomy is concerned, we refer tothe controversy between the autonomy model of Goody, Ong andOlson and the ideological model of Street. The relevance of thequestion of autonomy in relation to the theme of missionary literacyhas its origins in the Protestant tradition, that the text is its owninterpreter (Olson 1991), an autonomous conception of the writtentext. This concept of literacy is a special expression of religiousliteral meaning, and therefore allows us to focus attention on theparticular feature of literacy in the missionary domain.

125-145

Authors: Evelyne Dogliani Madureira

Cet article propose une réfléxion concernant le rôle joué par deuxmodels explicatifs du changement linguistique (le modelnéogrammairien et celui de la diffusion lexicale) dans le processusde vocalisation de la latérale palatale en portugais. L’analyse prenden compte les caractéristiques du même processus en d’autreslangues romanes, le français, surtout. Des facteurs de différentesordres tels que la derive et le soustrat linguistique, ainsi que lesaspects socio-culturels intervenants dans les processus dechangement linguistique y sont considérés.

159-170

Authors: Janice Helena Chaves Marinho

This paper presents a partial analysis of the use of the item onde (where)in academic written texts produced by university students. These textstend to present several cohesive mechanisms which are responsiblefor their realability. In general, the author constructs a coherentand cohesive discourse in order to lead his/her reader to the desiredmeaning. Nevertheless, sometimes he/she fails in using cohesivemechanisms, and that leads to a local incoherence, according toCharolles (1988). One example is the use of onde in written texts.In these texts, several passages were found in which this word wasused without reference to places, i.e. not according to what isprescribed by traditional Portuguese grammar. It seems that thisuse of onde points to a different function, an enlargement of itsfield of action.

183-209

Authors: Sílvia Helena Barbi

This article compares the most significant advances made by FrenchDiscourse Analysis (DA), developed by a team of researchers underthe pioneering leadership of Michel Pêcheux, with the ‘polyphonictheory’ developed by Oswald Ducrot. While DA develops animportant framework for discourse analysis which firmly situatesdiscourse in a broader context of social relations, Ducrot’s approachis not interested in the concepts of ‘ideology’ and ‘power’. If thiscrucial difference is taken into consideration, Oswald Ducrot’spolyphonic theory may be used by discourse analysts as oneapproach among others for investigating the interplay between the‘voices’ of discourse.

239-244

Authors: Elcemina Lucia Balvedi Pagliosa

RAMOS, Jânia M. O espaço da oralidade na sala de aula. SãoPaulo: Martins Fontes, 1997.